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Signature(s)

Amount
€ 12,486,980.4
Sector(s)
Services : € 3,746,094.12
Industry : € 6,243,490.2
Signature date(s)
28/06/2022 : € 2,497,396.08
28/06/2022 : € 3,746,094.12
28/06/2022 : € 6,243,490.2
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Summary sheet

Release date
28 June 2017
Status
Reference
Signed | 28/06/2022
20170443
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
AFRICA FOOD SECURITY FUND (AFSF)
Databank Investment Partners
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 12 million
EUR 85 million
Location
Sector(s)
Description
Objectives

Equity participation in agricultural investment fund with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) companies across the Sub-Saharan agriculture sector spanning the entire food value chain from primary to tertiary services. The fund is a successor fund to the African Agriculture Fund-SME Fund launched in 2012, as the first pan-African SME fund to invest across the agriculture value chain.

The overall objective of the fund is to improve Africa's food value chain through the provision of growth capital.

Environmental aspects
Procurement

The fund's operational guidelines will provide for environmental and social due diligence of all projects, according to guidelines acceptable to the EIB.

The fund will be required to ensure that implementation of the underlying projects is done in accordance with the EIB Guide to Procurement.

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Disclaimer

Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).

Documents

Environmental and Social Data Sheet (ESDS) - AFRICA FOOD SECURITY FUND (AFSF)
Publication Date
17 Jan 2018
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
79299375
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20170443
Countries
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